Another possible BND connection to Atta concerns his German language training in Egypt. He apparently learned German at the Goethe Institute. In our visits with professor “Wilhelm Stauffer” [a pseudonym] in the 1990’s, we examined his allegations that the Goethe Institute is a front for the BND.

Atta’s course work at the Goethe Institute appears to have led to his networking with his German sponsors and the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft.

(Note: Wikipedia should be used with extreme caution. There is a great deal of disinformation in it. One must check the links. In this case, they check out.)

EXCERPT: . . . . In 1990, Atta graduated with a degree in architecture,[15] and joined the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Engineers Syndicate organization.[8] For several months after graduating, Atta worked at the Urban Development Center in Cairo, where he worked on architectural, planning, and building design.[16] In 1990, Atta’s family moved into an 11th floor apartment in Giza.[15][17]

Upon graduating from Cairo University, Atta’s marks were average and insufficient to be accepted into the University’s graduate program. His father insisted he go abroad for graduate studies, and had Atta enroll in a German language program at the Goethe Institute in Cairo.[18] [Italics added.] In 1992, Atta’s father invited a German couple over for dinner while they were visiting Cairo. The German couple ran an exchange program between Germany and Egypt, and suggested that Atta continue his studies in Germany. They offered him a temporary place to live at their house in the city. Mohamed Atta ended up in Germany two weeks later, in July 1992. . . .

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“volume of evidence suggesting that the German intelligence services were much closer to the potential terrorists in Hamburg before September 11 than they have wanted to admit.”

Atta may have been secretly attending Helmut Schmidt University. Admittance to foreign officer school may have required CDS scholarship. He could all been recruited through Goethe. Living in private residence may have helped conceal which institutions Mohamed was attending.

In the Philippines, Mohamed attended a flying club where some members call each other Nazi nicknames and fly WW! Fokkers. The Airfield happens to be close to Clark AFB and is run by Europeans.